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Gallery: humanity's terrible environmental impact

First started in 1970, Earth Day is an attempt to spread awareness and understanding about humanity's environmental impact. Which to be blunt, has been disastrous in many parts of the world. Quite simply, we haven't been doing a good job stewarding this green and blue, ball-shaped spaceship.

Google's doodle on 22 April is a beautiful and mesmerising tribute to Earth Day. But here at Wired we've taken a different approach. Let's look at all the awful scars that man has left upon the Earth, some more permanent than others.

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As you'll see in the gallery, we've gouged great big chunks out of the ground, sprayed oil over the surface whenever we've had half the chance, and generally done our best to muck things up.